The History and Politics of Sport-for-Development Activists, Ideologues and Reformers

 

This book focuses on the major social and political forces that have shaped the ways in which sport has been understood, organized, and contested in an effort to engender social change.

 

Integrating the history of international development with the history of modern sport, the authors examine the underpinnings of sport-for-development from the mid-19^th through the early 21st centuries. Including both archival research and extensive interviews with more than 15 individuals who were central to the institutions and movements that shaped sport as a force for development, this book will be of particular interest to the growing number of scholars, students, practitioners, advocates and activists interested in the possibilities and limitations of sport-for-development.

Part I: The Long Narrative of Sport-for-Good. - Chapter 1. Introduction: Theorizing the History of Sport-for-Development. - Chapter 2. Model Men. - Chapter 3. Institutionalizing and Internationalizing Sport-for-Good. - Chapter 4. Sport, Development, and the Cold War. - Chapter 5. Anti-Colonialism and the Decolonization of Sport Development. - Part II: The Institutionalization of Sport-for-Development. - Chapter 6. The Shifting Context of Development in the Late Twentieth Century. - Chapter 7. Sport-for-Development and the International Community. - Chapter 8. Sport-for-Development and the Nation-State. - Chapter 9. Athletes, NGOs, and SDP. - Chapter 10. Corporations, Charities, and Celebrities: SDP in the Era of Corporate Social Responsibility. - Chapter 11. Conclusion: The Institutionalization of Sport-for-Development. 

Simon C. Darnell is Assistant Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education, University of Toronto, Canada.